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Eight people were hospitalized following a crash near downtown Nashville early Sunday morning.
A taxi collided with an SUV just before 3 a.m. at the corner of Charlotte and 17th Avenue North.
The taxi driver and his five passengers were hospitalized along with two individuals in the SUV.
None of the victims' injuries were life-threatening.
Police do not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.
A 50-year-old man is in critical condition after he was struck by a car on Interstate 24 exit ramp near the Shelby Street exit Thursday night.
Crews were called to the scene of the incident just after 7:01 p.m., according to Metro Police traffic data. The westbound exit ramp from Interstate 40 and 24 has been blocked and is expected to stay closed until 11:30 p.m.
The victim was sent to a local hospital after being evaluated by medics. No additional information about the circumstances surrounding the incident were available.
A duo accused of stealing a car and crashing it in North Nashville in the wee hours of this morning -- killing a backseat passenger -- face a variety of charges and may have links to an earlier car theft.
Driver Derrick Thomas, 16, of Torbett Street, was treated and released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He's being booked into juvenile detention and will be facing charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, evading police, driving without a license, curfew violation and auto theft.
Police are investigating a crash that occurred on I-40E near Donelson Pike on Saturday morning.
A dark-colored SUV collided with a sedan, hit a guardrail, and rolled over before coming to rest on the concrete retaining wall.
Three women in the SUV were transported to Vanderbilt with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the sedan was not hurt in the crash.
Authorities shut down a portion of the interstate following the incident.
A 17-year-old pedestrian who died after being struck by a tractor trailer at a busy downtown Nashville intersection Thursday has been identified as a Hume Fogg High School student.
Metro police said Elena Zamora, a junior at Hume Fogg, was walking east to west on Church Street in a crosswalk at 1 p.m. when she was struck by a tractor trailer that was turning right from Church Street onto Rosa L. Parks Boulevard.
Indications are Elena had the signal to walk, and the truck had a green light.
A crash involving three cars on eastbound Interstate 24 sent several people to the hospital Wednesday night.
I-24 was shut down for several hours near Harding Place starting around 10 p.m. when the crash happened.
Witnesses say they watched a 2013 Nissan Sentra weave slightly before coming to a complete stop in the inside eastbound lane.
The driver was later identified as 41-year-old Tresa Partee of Nashville.
Police say a 2007 Nissan Maxima hit Partee's vehicle, and then a 1995 Nissan Maxima hit the 2007 Nissan.
A man is dead after a crash in south Nashville on Monday morning.
Police say a 25-year-old driving a 2003 Buick Regal east on Paragon Mills Road lost control of his vehicle around 3 a.m.
Officials say the driver hit a sharp left curve near Aster Drive and didn't navigate around it in time. The car ran off the road, slammed into a bank of trees and burst into flames.
The driver died at the scene. The Medical Examiner's Office is working to identify him at this time.
One person has been killed in a crash that happened around 3 a.m. Sunday.
The driver crashed while crossing an icy bridge on 3rd Avenue North in the Metro Center area.
The driver died at the scene.